Author: SixOfEleven

I’ve made a few minor changes to the site. I’ve made the login/register functions show up in the menu if a user is not signed in. One note though is that my provider has added this stupid little popup that will display on login to try and mitigate brute force attacks against WordPress sites. Since […]

I’ve just finished uploading the 13th tutorial in my MonoGame tutorial series, A Summoner’s Tale. This tutorial covers the player’s avatars being able to level up once they have gained enough experience to do so. You can use this direct link to download the tutorial Part 13 – Battling Avatars Continued or visit the A […]

I’ve been going through a lot recently and it has been very hard for me to concentrate on my personal projects. I have been working on the next tutorial when I can, though. It is about 90% done and I hope to post it tomorrow morning. This tutorial is the A Summoner’s Tale tutorial series […]

I’ve started work on the next tutorial for Game Programming Adventures! This one will be part of the A Summoner’s Tale MonoGame tutorial series. It will go over adding a level-up state for avatars and more. Please stay tuned for the next installment!

The last few weeks were kind of weird for me. I had to spend a couple days in the hospital because of a problem with my knee. That has now finished healing and I’m walking again without the aid of crutches. That set my plans back a bit but I’m ready to get back in […]

The last three weeks have been really draining, emotionally and physically. I’m starting to get back into a routine and starting to want to write and program at home again. It probably going to be a few more weeks but I will be returning and working on the tutorials. I will also start work on […]

My wife passed on this morning, surrounded by her family. While I am saddened that she left I’m happy that she is longer suffering from that wretched disease. I’d like to thank everybody for their comments and their emails. They meant a lot to me. I will be taking some time to grieve and be […]

It has been a while since I’ve posted here but I have been monitoring the site for comments and emails. As I’ve mentioned previously I’ve been going through a very troubling period in my life. 18 months ago my wife was diagnosed with ALS. It has spread through her body rapidly. My absence from the […]

I don’t want to spread my personal life all over the internet with the full details but suffice it to say that the past month has been incredibly tough because of real life problems. The situation will not be getting better any time soon. They will actually continually worsen for the next two months. I […]